State v. Lynch

SHARP, Justice.

Defendant brings forward seven assignments of error, three of which require consideration. We first examine the assignment which presents the question whether the judge prejudiced defendant’s trial by failing to rule upon 38 objections made by defense counsel after having instructed the court reporter to “put an overruled after every time he says objection.”

Every person charged with crime has the right to the assistance of counsel at a trial “before an impartial judge and an unprejudiced jury in an atmosphere of judicial calm.” State v. Carter, 233 N.C. 581, 583, 65 S.E. 2d 9,…